Painter&#39;s striping and stenciling wheel.



No. 840,308. PATBNTBD JAN. 1, 1907*.

c L. GARRBGHT.

PAINTERS STRIPING AND STENCILING WHEEL. v

APPLIOATION FILED A`P1Lz5. 190e.

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PAINTERS STRIPING AND STENCILING WHEEL Specication of Letters atent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

Application filed April 25, 1906. Serial llo. 313,710.\

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES L. GARRECHT, a citizen of the United' States,residing in New York, in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, andState of New York,

*have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Painters Stripingand Stenciling Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved wheel or tool for painters use forstriping and stenciling ceilings and walls in a quick and effectivemanner; and the invention consists in a striping and stenciling toolwhich comprises a handle with a forked front end, an elastic bulb forthe paint supported on said handle, a receptacle connected with saidbulb and provided with a concave face and a transverse slot in saidface, a feedroller moving in contact with the concave face of thereceptacle, and a striping and stenciling roller moving in contact withthe feed-roller.

The invention further consists in other novel features and combinationsof parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of myimproved striping and stenciling tool. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 isa vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 shows a number of rollers withdierent designs for stri ing and stenciling on the same and the di erentstripes or designs made by the rollers, and Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the paint-receptacle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corres onding parts in thedifferent iigures of the rawings.

Referring to the drawings, a represents a handle or frame which is ofsubstantially U shape and has an upward curve at its middle part. At theupper curved portion of the supporting-handle a are arrangedlongitudinal slots b, which serve, in connection with set-screws b', forthe purpose of attaching to the forked end of the handle a receptacle1", said receptacle being provided with integral laterally-projectinglugs r at its sides, which rest on the handle-frame a, and with threadedopenings r2, which are engaged by the setsorews b. The rear end of thereceptacle is provided with a threaded nipple 1L, onto which is screwedan interiorly-threaded socket n of an elastic bulb f, which upon beingunscrewed from the nipple of the receptacle is filled with paint of therequired color and then replaced, said bulb resting on thegradually-widening handle end of the handleframe a, which is providedbelow said bulb with a transverse reinforcing-strip a3, made integraltherewith, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The front wall rx of thereceptacle 1' is made concaved and provided with a transverse slot r3,through which the paint is supplied. A feed-roller d, which is journaledin openings in the forked part of the frame a in advance` of thereceptacle, is su plied with paint through the slot r3. The leed-rollerd moves in contact with the concave face of the receptacle r, so as toreceive a uniform coating of paint from the same. The front end of theU-shaped forked frame a has journaled in openings therein a striping orstenciling roller e. This roller is provided either with a single raisedstripe or with a plurality of stripes. The stripes or ribs are made ofsuitable felt in the same manner as the covering of the feed-roller d.Suitable raised bands may be arranged on the roller e or suitabledesigns for penciling, as shown in Fig. 4. When the tool is to be usedfor striping or stenciling, it is taken in the hand, with the fingersover the bulb and the thumb holding the handle, and a uniform ressuregiven by the hand to the bulb, to which paint is then fed by thereceptacle and from the same to the feed-roller and striping-roller.Striping and stenciling with my improved tool dispenses with the tediousand inconvenient work which was heretofore necessary when stripingV andstenciling ceilings and walls.

When a new roller is required, the one in use can be readily removedfrom the frame a by unscrewing the screws b of the receptacle, afterwhich the substantially parallel legs or branches of the frame aresprung apart, and the roller carrying the special design desired can beinserted. The screws b are then tightened, so as to firmly position saidroller. A number of bulbs can be supplied, so that an empty bulb can bereadily removed and a full bulb replaced without any appreciable loss oftime. The striping and stencilin work can be accomplished by my improvetool in a quick and effective manner, and the tool can be used indifferent arts in which striping and stenciling work is required.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A stri ing or stenciling tool comprising a U-shapeframe, a receptacle supported in TOO IIO

Said frame intermediately of the length of the latter, a paint-bulbcommunicating with said receptacle, a feed-roller journaled in saidframe in advance of said receptacle, and a striping-roller journaled inthe ends of said frame and rotatable in contact with said feed-roller.

2. A striping or stenciling tool comprising substantially parallel legs,a receptacle sup-- ported between said legs, a bulb attached to saidreceptacle, a feed-roller ournaled be tween said le s adjacent saidreceptacle, and striping-rolller journaled in the ends of said egs.

3. A striping or stenciling tool comprising a frame constituted bysubstantially parallel legs, a paint-receptacle, means for clamping saidreceptacle between said legs, a bulb attached to said receptacle, and afeed-roller and stenciling-roller eXtendin between and journaled inopenings in said Iegs, the latter being capable of being spread apart,when said receptacle-clam ing means is loosened, in order to permit saidrollers to be removed from said frame.

" x 4. A striping or stenciling tool comprising a frame curvedintermediately of its length,

" a paint-receptacle supported in said frame at ing rearwardly so as tobe supported by said widened rear portion of the frame, and feed andstenciling rollers journaled inthe forward portion of said frame.

6. A striping or stenciling tool for painters, consisting of asupporting handle-frame provided with a handle at one end and a forkedportion at the opposite end, a bulb resting on the handle portion, areceptacle attached to the frame adjacent to the bulb and connecting atits rear part with the latter, the front wall of the receptacle beingconcave and provided with a slot, a feedroller rotatable in contact withthe concave front of the receptacle, and a striping or stenciling rollermovable in contact with the feed-roller. v

7. In a striping or stenciling tool for painters, in combination, ahandle-frame, a receptacle in the intermediate portion of thehandle-rame, means for attaching said receptacle to said handle, saidreceptacle being provided with a concave slotted Jfront wall, an elasticbulb connected with the rear wall of said receptacle, a eed-rollersupported in bearings of the frame and moving 1n contact with the frontwall of the receptacle, and a striping or stenciling roller movable incontact with saidfeed-roller.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, CHARLES L. GARRECHT.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER.

